Promotion officials announced the news Wednesday, revealing that
Holloway will square off with the hard-swinging Leonard
Garcia at the Dec. 29 event, which takes place at MGM Grand
Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Cain
Velasquez will attempt to regain his UFC heavyweight title from
Junior dos
Santos in the evening’s main event, which airs live on
pay-per-view.

Just 21 years old, Holloway has already shown great promise in his
three-fight UFC career, posting back-to-back victories after
suffering a submission defeat to rising talent Dustin
Poirier in his Octagon debut. The Hawaiian rebounded from that
setback with a complete domination of Pat
Schilling this past February and then knocked out “Ultimate
Fighter” Season 15 alum Justin
Lawrence on Aug. 11 at UFC 150.

Garcia, meanwhile, has lost three straight fights. The 33-year-old
failed to record a victory last year, submitting to a Chan Sung
Jung twister before relinquishing a unanimous decision to
Nam Phan
in their UFC 136 rematch. “Bad Boy” made his lone appearance this
year on June 8, dropping a unanimous decision to Matt Grice at
UFC on FX 3.

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